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Greeks in the Victorian election
Politics to Greeks is oxygen. Democracy is our baby and we’re having a democracy festival this weekend in Victoria. There are Greeks in the two major parties, Labor and Coalition, …
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Kat Theophanous accuses Darebin Council of destroying her electoral signs
The Victorian Labor party has accused Darebin city council of removing candidate billboards dubbing the act “a politically motivated attack from a Greens-dominated council”. Kat Theophanous is up against Greens …
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The stolen Holden Monaro worth $100,000, belonging to late Greek Australian man, has been found
A stolen Holden Monaro belonging to a young Greek Australian man who passed away a year ago, was recently recovered by the police from a property in Truganina. The distinctive …
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Temple of Boom – homage to the Parthenon in the heart of Melbourne revealed
The much anticipated launch of the Temple of Boom, a playful reimagining of the Parthenon erected in the garden of Victoria’s National Gallery, took place on Monday 21 November in …
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Labor beefs up support for Greeks
The Victorian state elections are now entering the final week and both Labor and Coalition are keen to sure up their credentials with the large Greek Victorian population. As part …
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Coalition promises $650,000 for Orthodox parish upgrades
At St Eustathios Church on Sunday Nikos Stavrou the candidate for the Southern Metropolitan seat announced through Father Nikolaos at the end of Sunday’s service, the Coalition’s promise to invest …
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NSW Premier commits to $9.9 million funding boost towards community language schools
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has announced a $9.9 million funding boost to support NSW languages schools across the state. Eight out of 10 of community languages schools hold their classes …
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University of Melbourne signs agreement with two of Greece’s leading universities
On Thursday November 17 delegates from the Hellenic Medical Society of Australia and Hellenic Diaspora World Congress met with representatives from the University of Melbourne’s faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and …
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Dollis the former Greek Aussie politician negotiates the release of two Greek tankers seized by Iran
Demetri Dollis, the former Victorian Labor politician, and later deputy minister for foreign affairs under George Papandreou’s socialist PASOK government in Greece, just concluded the successful negotiation for the release …
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Australia’s visa backlog, once at almost one million visas, now down to 755,000
Speaking at a migration conference, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Andrew Giles, announced that over 3 million visas have been finalised since 1 June. The visa backlog has …